829: Summer Cooking with Abra Berens and Chef Jiho Kim

The Splendid Table | Jul 11, 2025

This week, it's all about keeping cool and carrying on in the kitchen. First up , chef, farmer, and cookbook author Abra Berens joins Francis to take your calls about how to best use our summer produce. She’s full of ideas for all that zucchini, btw! Abra is the author of three wonderful cookbooks, Ruffage, Grist, and Pulp, and you can find the recipe for the Summer Squash Escabeche she talked about here. Then, we head into NYC to visit chef Jiho Kim at his restaurant, Joomak where he teaches us how to make a refreshing summertime dish: a Summer Salad with Cured Fish and White Kimchi.


Broadcast dates for this episode:


  • July 11, 2025 (originally aired)
  • July 10, 2026 (rebroadcast)



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